Members Zooey Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 In my opinion that kind of uncertainty is bad for Avid customers and thus bad for Avid. Who will plunk down 5 figures on an AAX system when you don't even know if Avid will be around in a year? If their new high-end audio platform is a dud, they are in big trouble. And telegraphing this kind of instability makes it more likely that it will be a dud. Wall Street likes the announcement, though. Avid stock has gone up a lot in the past few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I do! But I can pretty much find them down the street We've got a handful of places that sell tacos within walking distance. Love it! And we often have people selling freshly made tamales in parking lots too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Philter Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Wall Street likes the announcement, though. Avid stock has gone up a lot in the past few days. Look at the stock price over the last 5 years... http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AVID+Interactive#symbol=avid;range=5y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined; I think that's the real story, if there's a story in the stock price at all. What do investors know about DAWs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 For anyone wondering how the deal affects Sibelius: Sibelius software's London offices to close A user in a MusicPlayer forum posted this about that: They are saying over at Sibelius that they are shifting the Sibelius coding operations from England to Kiev. And reportedly, Sibelius's former staff left the following automated response as they departed: Out of office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bookumdano2 Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 And we often have people selling freshly made tamales in parking lots too! In Smyrna Tn (home of the Grits taco), they can make them ON the parking lot this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 And reportedly, Sibelius's former staff left the following automated response as they departed Wow. There is major suckage going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Philter Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 I heard another sibelius quote to the effect of "it took us seven years to build this company and it took avid one year to ruin it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 AVID spelled backwards is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goobers Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 I like m-audio, and there's nothing that competes with its keyboard controllers in that price range. hope they land on their feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members namnibor Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 The comment about AVID still seeing thins from 1992 vision is pretty right-on because for $80. one can get DAW REAPER, which does pretty much all pro Tools can and more without all the headaches AND Reaper actually will give you support, not as AVID has been approaching "support"...the home studio musician in this still dire economy can't easily pay a few thousand US$ for a DAW PC that AVID "officially states is compatible"...when I filled out all the support fields and forms for AVID, part of that was wanting very detailed info on the computer, video card, etc, and if for ANY reason they DEEM your DAW PC to not be FULLY compat with their Pro Tools, absolutely NO SUPPORT! I think AVID has also made a huge mistake keeping PT software for most part propriatorial with RTAS format when there's awesome VST/AU's software we are unable to use under a very expensive PT AND AVID kicks sand in your face each time they have an update they ask for even more cash!! Looks like I will be sticking with Reaper since I mainly use all hardware synths anyway with no need for virtual software and just hope Numark will be able to support Hypercontrol on the M-Audio Axiom Pro 61 controller, which finally hit the mark...actually forgave them for the snow white color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goobers Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Axiom's a good controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted July 16, 2012 CMS Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 The comment about AVID still seeing thins from 1992 vision is pretty right-on because for $80. one can get DAW REAPER, which does pretty much all pro Tools can and more without all the headaches The one thing that Reaper doesn't give you is the Pro Tools name on your door. This doesn't usually matter to the individual recording musician, but if you're going to be offering recording services to others, remember that a whole lot of projects are done in multiple studios. This can even be a project recording of your own band. If everyone in the band has Reaper, fine. You can pass around the project and each member can work on is individual parts in his own studio without a lot of fussing around, importing, synchronization, and exporting files. But if somebody has Sonar, and somebody has Logic, and somebody has Audition, and the drummer has Tracktion, you have a mess. Those are all perfectly capable programs on their own, but collaboration goes to pot. But if everybody has Pro Tools, it's all one big happy family. It's the big elephant in the room that you can't ignore unless you ignore everybody who doesn't work exclusively in your studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Reaper is a cup that's either half full or half empty, depending on your needs. I've certainly heard enough good about it to support the half full notion. As for me, I'll take a look at it once it supports scoring to picture. Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members djthebandit Posted October 7, 2012 Members Share Posted October 7, 2012 Any newer ideas wheter Venom is gonna survive? It seems to go for dump prices, I almost feel obligated to warn people as you will buy a product that is close to worthless from the moment you buy it. Or at least, if you want to use it for what it is ment to be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted October 7, 2012 Members Share Posted October 7, 2012 Any newer ideas wheter Venom is gonna survive? I wish I knew... It seems to go for dump prices, I almost feel obligated to warn people as you will buy a product that is close to worthless from the moment you buy it. Or at least, if you want to use it for what it is meant to be used. Just out of curiosity...why "worthless"? I still use it all the time. The editor still works, it still sounds cool, etc. The only real problem I see is not being able to use it as a plug-in, like you can do with Korg and other synths, and was supposed to happen with the updated editor/librarian. So, I'll just keep using the audio I/O if I want those sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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